No scaling....

It was quite an interesting day today! I didn't scale either one of my patient's but I was able to get a lot done on them. My first patient was super nice but has some pretty extensive perio. He had ortho bands on every tooth but no arch wire. So... he was in limbo with his treatment. It was really interesting. He had a few mobile teeth so we decided to take a full mouth survey of xrays as well as 4 bitewing xrays. He had some SWEET radiographic calculus and would be Awesome for mockboards but doesn't qualify due to the ortho bands. I was pretty sad about that. But I was happy to get so many xrays done. He'll be back in a couple weeks and I can't wait to get scaling!!
My afternoon patient was Amazing as well. She is in her early 40's and has never had her teeth cleaned! She had some pretty extensive mobility as well so I took some xrays. Her radiographic calculus was incredible and I was so excited to finally have that much calculus. I'm thinking she might be my potential board patient! However.... when I went to go get Prof. Alexander to come do an OD check and classify her, she pointed out that my patient had a HUGE cold sore that was in it's earliest stage, meaning it was HIGHY contagious. Prof. Alexander didn't want to go intraorally due to the cold sore, so I'll have her back to be classified and move on from there. Oops... I totally didn't see the cold sore and that's a BIG TIME no no in clinic! Hopefully it will be gone by the time she comes back! :)

Back to the VA!

This morning was a lot of fun! I saw 2 class II patient's and was able to finish both of them! They were both very nice and I really enjoyed it! Connie really teaches me too. She makes sure I can feel the calculus and if I can't at first, she "piggy backs" my hand until I feel it. She helps me a lot with describing the condition of tissue and I really enjoy it! I love learning and I really love it when there is a professor or instructor who is just as excited to teach!

Instructor's Switched!

Today was a blast!! I was able to work under a different instructor, Prof. Alexander, and I loved it! She taught me so much and really helped me understand what I was doing or what I was looking for. This morning, I saw a class II patient and I was able to scale and root plane all 4 quads. She was originally from Peru and had some pretty crazy restorations from her country. She was so nice and was really interested in what I was teaching her about her periodontal disease. I really liked talking to her. I was able to see 2 patient's this afternoon. Both were 1B (easy easy) but it was still really fun! Like I've said before, I LOVE clinic!!